Author: Jack Slater
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Duolingo Max is Expensive, Sad, and Ineffective
Duolingo gave me temporary access to their AI slop machine subscription, “Duolingo Max” which costs an extra $120 a year, twice what I’m paying for a Duolingo Super family plan right now. The main way you’d use Duolingo Max is through faux-video calls with Lily, Duolingo’s misanthropic cartoon teenager. I can see why someone…
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You Gotta See This Video by Sarah Teng
There’s so much more to Iraq than what TV, movies, and games have shown us. I really appreciate getting a glimpse of this place and its people from Sarah Teng. She has more about her trip in this write-up at Petapixel.